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OTCGH’s Brad Schaeffer reflects on the closing of trading pits, rise of electronic trading in the Wall Street Journal

Jan 3, 2017

Dec 28, 2016 – Brad Schaeffer, energy broker at OTC Global Holdings’ Black Barrel Energy LP, reflects on the closing of trading pits as a result of the rise in electronic trading in his latest contribution to the Wall Street Journal. In the article titled“I’ll Miss the Trading Floor,”Schaeffer explains the importance of this shift in the trading industry, despite the symbolic nature associated with these iconic trading pits.